Imaging in pediatric bilateral sensorineural hearing loss: Diagnostic yield with computed tomography versus magnetic resonance imaging

Task force Guideline of Brazilian Society of Otology ‒ hearing loss in children – Part I ‒ Evaluation

“…In a multicenter study evaluating the diagnostic yield of CT versus MRI in children with profound bilateral hearing loss, the concordance rate between CT and MRI was 92%, with the diagnostic yield of CT being 7% higher than that of MRI ( p = 0.0001). 125 In another study with a similar design comparing diagnostic yield between CT and MRI, the concordance rate between them was 86%, with MRI having a 14% higher yield for detecting diagnostic findings in children with profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. 126 …”